The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-04-01

Is occupied 10y Old wooLso::.
ladies' OF Trim tv Episcopal parish Not many
years ago, however, it was the h"i-st'' {! of
Charles Jarvis W"nl~or.
And who is Wooson.
Iron men and mongels remember Linn as
one of the primeval foundry men of the west,
while writer here and a reader there recog-
nize him as the father of Constance Fenimore
Woolson, that pleasing weaver of fiction and
description.
Cooking stoves and literary skill! A strange
combination, you must admit, but potent
one, so far as the Woolsons are concerned, for
| it has brought them both riches and reputa-
| ton. The family came here forty-seyen.s
| years ago. when Constance, alack my gal
lantry, was a little miss in short gowns. Yer
mont had been their home and the fashion
ing of iron into peaceful implements their
ustenance Charles Jarvis Woolson was a
man of education, and in the heyday of rosy
fingered youth he had aspirations he
yond his fathers flourishing foundry. While
yet but slip of youth he edited a news
paper in New Hampshire, and at q he
nodded public opinion i'll and about Char
lotteville, Va, while his sire nodded plow-
shares and pruning hooks i'll the shadow of
the Green mountains far away. The New
England Palladium, Boston daily, was his
ownership later on, but the glare Of gold led
him from the realms of journalism to the
precincts of trade and industry, and he joined
his father
AtCooperstown, N Y, he found wife in
the person of Miss Pomeroy, a niece of Feni-
more Cooper, and the first daughter was
named for her distinguished great uncle.
Mr.. No4'ron's c'~ves. to borrow the spirit OF
the first line of "Ertymion," were t.; ,ss Of
',eauty and JOYS eternal to the pioneers who
ol;.zed their divers ways through the forests
Of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Fires, finall-
cial panics and dishonest partners eontlated
his energy and business capacity, ,.bat to no
1 purpose. and when he died, eighteen years
ago, he left his family competency for all
time to come
Meanwhile the young authoress spun stories
for the pleasure of her family. Her summers
were spent in the woods and on the lakes.
Nature enchanted her, and her tales are all
stamped with a freshness that comes only
from sunshine and the pure air of country
road and forest glade. When her younger
sister married George S. Benedict a career
was opened to her. Benedict's fatller was
half owner and editor of The Cleveland
Herald newspaper. which at that time was
the greatsst daily i'll all northern Ohio.
Yt.:.. Dne.i II taok lis bright slsttt-ii-law to
New ntk and introduced her to the Harpess,
al,l they read ,er stories. They not only
read them Int tiiey bought them OH the spot.
That was siy,een wears ago--a span only, but
| time enough in which to create a name that
| will live in literature. The Harpers are
| sl,rewd men, and as such they induced Feni-
/, more C,alr.ris grand niece to trade upon her
| ansvssiy rs weil as upon her talent. BY their
| advice Miss Noolson wrote over her fiiil
| name, and with the ai,l of printers ink they
| informed the pRbiic of her relationship to the
] great Iooper ot Coopelssown. Legitimate
transaction tAr,ugl'out, and Il very proper
one, too.
! The Waolsous were motel far and near for
| The ex,.us>io:is tllty made into the country.
| Mr.. Koo.,a,.l owned spanking team OF
s.i.avs ti,at were celebrated for their qualities
;,s t,i.,lstelS ITe Often Toasted that Ire conld
| tell the ,ni,ter of miles he had Travelled hy
| si.nply laabis ut lis watch. 50 uniforms w:ls
tile gait CT lis $. Ze;al- Is nearly hjrsf
iea@aes from Gieee.and and quite nyaf. rail-
| fas,l, hut Miss oolson always made the
| isisi.y iii a csli'aas se behind tue grays. Mais
| ol her stories are located there.
| Miss Neulstn has not visited Cleveland in
many yeats. and she is rapidly passing frehi
tine i,,trisaies of all save those who knew her
i'll her youth JAMES =. MORROW.
Germany's New weapon.